Forest Farm 1985: Raise a bear cub to climb the mountain

Chapter 43: Valuable Black Blind Man
It was late at night and the wind was howling outside the window.

Dai Song held his wife tightly in his arms. The old saying is true.

The first time is unfamiliar, the second time is familiar, and his slightly empty eyes have completely lost the awkwardness of yesterday.

Seeing his wife's flushed face and a few beads of sweat on her nose, Dai Song joked:
"I will bear with it for a while. In the next few days, I will deal with all the things that can be sold from the black bear, and then sell them as soon as possible.

I will buy a new house and go to town to find some masters to come to the village to rebuild it in the spring."

"Hmm~"

Nan Chunwan had been bullied so badly that she was barely able to speak and her eyes were watery. She rested her head on Dai Song's arm and felt as if all the bones in her body had gone soft.

Dai Song felt itchy again, but it was getting late, and he had to get up early tomorrow to take care of the black bear in the yard.

Although he could only keep his troops in place, he still couldn't help but shout in front of the battlefield.

"Once we move into the new house, we can let our daughter get used to sleeping alone. Then she won't have to worry about anything. It really makes me feel bad to see you always feel uncomfortable."

"No~" Nan Chunwan pinched Dai Song lightly, then buried her face deeper, and said sullenly,
“Actually, I have saved some money~”

"Hmm? How much did you save?"

“It’s not much, just three hundred. When the house is built, I can help with the work, and then I can save a little.

Mom doesn't know about the money you gave me before. She thought I only had the 600 she gave me before and the 600 I just gave her today. With your 600 and my 300, it's more than enough. You don't need to be so stressed~"

Dai Song blinked his eyes. At that moment, he wanted to rub his wife into his body.

He couldn't imagine how much time and hardship Nan Chunwan had spent to save these three hundred yuan.
Now, in order to make things easier for herself, she handed the project over to herself without hesitation, and even planned to do the work of building the house herself...

"No need, my wife. You have worked really hard in the past three years. Don't worry about building a house. This black bear is worth a lot of money. It is enough for us to build a house."

"Well~ don't forget your 'brother'."

"..." Dai Song was stunned for a moment, then kissed her forehead.
"Well, I won't forget it. I'll keep a share of all the benefits I get for it."

After chatting for a while, they felt sleepy. When they woke up, it was already bright outside.

Dai Song looked around and found that Nan Chunwan had gotten up at some point and no one knew where she was now.

He quickly put on his clothes and found that he was the only one at home. Even the little flower dog's grass nest was empty.
"Where have they all gone?"

Dai Song took a cornmeal bun from the pot and ate it with last night's cabbage and tofu soup.

After his body was completely warmed up, he walked out of the house with the knife.

There was a strong wind outside in the second half of last night. Now it seems that it was snowing. Everywhere I looked was white.
Dai Song started unloading the bear after clearing a path.

Just after skinning the bear, Jiang Weiqun came back with a few women.

Seeing Dai Song making a mess in the yard, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they kept busy around Hei Xia Zi, obviously in a good mood;

Dai Xiaoqian went into the house to boil some water. The bear's nose was frozen and difficult to cut. She had to fumigate it with hot water.

Tang Liping and Nan Chunwan used kitchen knives to cut fat off the bear's belly and back.

Dai Song told them that the bear oil could cure burns, and that pancakes made with bear oil would remain soft even after being frozen in the snow overnight.

Jiang Weiqun was standing nearby, holding an axe and waiting to chop the bear's paws.

The women were busy as always, and no one suddenly asked Dai Song how difficult it was to deal with this black bear. He probably felt relieved because Nan Chunwan had explained it to them.

Even when little Yingying saw the skinned bear, she just hid behind Nan Chunwan and watched for a while before she lost her fear and dragged her little dog around the adults, shouting happily,

"Live in the new courtyard and eat meat!" Dai Song suddenly realized what was going on and looked at Jiang Weiqin, who was chopping a bear with an axe.

"You guys have already gone to find Qi Shunli at such a young age, right?"

"Ang!" Jiang Weiqin removed the black bear's claw with a thud.
"Everyone is like you, sleeping until noon!

Get the yard issue done as soon as possible, so you can rest assured that the yard next door is already ready for moving in. Once the certificates and other things are completed smoothly, they will be sent to us. Your brother and sister-in-law are planning to move in tonight, so you will help clean up then, okay?
And you, black blind man, didn't clean up yesterday, and today you are frozen like a stone, and you are starting to make trouble! "

"I know, I know! It was too late last night. It was dark when we got back."

Dai Song smiled awkwardly. Seeing that she no longer questioned him about Hei Xia Zi, he felt relieved and found a topic that would be exciting enough to talk about.

"When spring comes, the bear gall will be almost ready. I'll sell it in town. It'll fetch at least 500 or 600 yuan."

"Ah? This thing is so valuable?" Jiang Weiqun, who was originally angry, suddenly widened her eyes.

The two sisters-in-law who were processing the bear skin nearby opened their mouths wide with surprise when they heard this.

Dai Song went back to the house and took out the bear's gall bladder, holding it between his hands to avoid being directly exposed to the sun.

"Ordinary bear gallbladders are definitely not that valuable. Three hundred yuan at most. But have you seen this one?"

Everyone's heads suddenly huddled together.
"What's wrong? What's different?"

"Do not understand."

"Brother, don't keep us in suspense!" Dai Xiaoqian came over to join in the fun after lighting the fire.

Dai Song was somewhat pleased with himself, so he handed the bear gall to Nan Chunwan and said:
"There are two kinds of bear gallbladders. The green one is called grass gallbladder, and the copper one is called copper gallbladder. This one is copper gallbladder. Copper gallbladder is relatively rare, so its price is more expensive than grass gallbladder."

"Oh my god, no wonder the tractor driver said yesterday that this black bear is worth at least one thousand yuan! What about the others? Why is this one worth one thousand yuan?" Jiang Weiqun was full of curiosity.

She obviously hadn't said this to anyone else yesterday. When they heard one thousand yuan, Dai Xiaoqian and her two sisters-in-law looked at each other in disbelief, as if trying to find something from each other's expressions to prove that they had just heard wrong.

"We can also sell bear paws, bear noses, bear coronas, and bear skins for a bit, but this skin is basically worthless. It's full of bullet holes and knife marks. If you like, you might as well keep it for yourself. You can make a hat or a shawl out of it later."

"These things together can be sold for a thousand dollars?!" Jiang Weiqun still couldn't believe it.

"It's mainly bear paws. I took the two front paws to stroll around town, and they cost at least two hundred yuan. If I send them to a big restaurant, the price will probably be higher. The back paws are cheaper. The two together will probably only cost about a hundred yuan. I think we should keep them and eat them ourselves, and let everyone else try them. Now that we have bought a new yard, right?

The key point is that this thing is not a wild boar or roe deer. It usually runs all over the mountains. Unless you look for it deliberately, how can you usually see it?

The bear's horn, nose, and brain are all medicine. They are not cheap if you take them to a state-owned store. The total cost is about 1,000 yuan."

"Hey!" Jiang Weiqin clapped her hands, her eyes shining.

"Sure, let's be generous too! I'll keep the two hind paws for myself! It just so happens that your uncle is bringing your two nephews to our house to play today. Although he works in a forest farm, from what you said, this thing is not very common, and I guess he hasn't tasted it before!"

"Okay."

Dai Song was stunned. In his previous life, the reason why he was able to work in the forest farm for a period of time was because of the help of his uncle, but that was a few years later. How come he came so early?
"Mom, why did uncle come here suddenly?"

"You are such a scoundrel!" Jiang Weiqin rolled her eyes at Dai Song. "Didn't I trouble your uncle a few days ago? Even though I didn't go in the end, don't I have to show my appreciation?"

"Yeah, that's right."

Dai Song remembered it, but seeing his sister beside him, he didn't say much.

When the bear's head was softened by the steam, Dai Song dug out the bear's brain, explained to his family, and took it out in a small bowl.
This bear brain soup can be taken internally to replenish the body and dispel wind. Xie Shubao's mother has always been in poor health, so he should really need this thing.

I just happened to go and see how he was preparing, but I found out that he had lost all the tools needed to lift the mallet.

(End of this chapter)